I went to the "Find a Professional" page of the American Academy of Pain Management
http://www.aapainmanage.org/search/MemberSearch.php, entered "California" [keeping the "profession" field set at "all" where otherwise the catagories by sub-specialties will produce artificiallly short lists] and came up with a long list of certified pain specialists, including:
Robert G Salazar, MD
ANESTHESIOLOGY
7152 N Sharon #105
Fresno, CA 93720
Diplomate
Ph: (559) 432-6807
Fx: (559) 432-6937
That said, I only got about 1/4 of the way through the list, and would encourage you to check it out yourself. Hope it's helpful.
Mike
P.S. After posting this I did some more research on certifying organizations and realized that the American Academy of Pain Management was something anyone who had practiced in the field and promised to complete 100 hours of continuing medical education over a four year period "of which 50 are related to pain or pain management."
http://www.aapainmanage.org/members/Credentialing.php which is nothing where I used to be certified as a bankruptcy specialist that required 70 hours of bankruptcy specific continuing education every two years.
The
real certifying group group by all appearances is the American Board of Pain Medicine, first, insofar as they only include physicians, second that part of their mission is to "develop standards and requirements for graduate medical education in Pain Medicine in collaboration with other concerned organizations and agencies," e.g. that they supervise standards in residency programs across the country and they in turn certify only people who meet their educational (residency and/or fellowship) standards, and third pass an 8 hour written exam.
http://www.abpm.org/about/index.html That said, they have only 225 +/- doctors certified in the State of California, only one whom is in Fresno, and he's at Kaiser:
Dr John Soebagio, MD
Kaiser Permanente
7300 N Fresno St
Fresno, CA 93720
Office Fax: (559)448-3813
Office Phone: (559)448-4500
Here's their directory, which I would encourage you to explore:
http://www.association-office.com/ab...dir/search.cfm